Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(3-Chloropyridin-2-yl)ethanone

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Dissolve 3-chloro-2-cyanopyridine (10.0 g, 0.072 mol, Chem. Pharm. Bull. (1985) 33:565–571) in anhydrous THF (200 mL) under N2 atmosphere and cool in an ice bath. Add drop wise 3.0 M MeMgI in diethyl ether (48 ml, 0.14 mol) to the reaction mixture and stir in an ice bath for 2 hours. Pour the reaction mixture over ice cold water, acidify the mixture with 2.0 N aq. HCl to pH 2 to 3. Extract the reaction mixture with EtOAc (3×100 mL) and dry over anhydrous MgSO4. Filter, concentrate under vacuum and then filter through a pad of silica gel using 20% ethyl acetate/hexane as eluent. Removal of solvent under reduced pressure gives pure 2-acetyl-3-chloropyridine as oil.

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